Apparatus for setting rule forms



May 1, 1923. 1,453,587

c. J. FARRAR May 1, 1923.

'C. J. FARRAR APPARATUS FOR SETTING RULE FORMS Filed Dec. 27. 1921 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May 1, 1923.

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Application .filed December 2?, 921. Serial No; 524,902.

T o all whom it mayponcem Be it known that I, CARROL J. F ARRAR,

States, residing at in the countyof Dekalb and a citizen of'the UnitedKirkwood,

. 5 State of Georgia,'l1ave...inveiited new and useful Improvements inAn Improved Apparatus forSett ing Rule Forms, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to printing and more especially to an improvedmethod and apparatus for setting rule forms.

The old and prevailing practice of setting rule forms by hand, consistsof setting standard type high printing rules and spacing material, suchas leads and quads. This practice is exacting, tedious and slow, andforms so set are rendered more or less inaccurate by accumulations orforeign matter such as ink and dust on the spacing ma terial. Suchinaccuracies often cause the form to bind when locked into a chase,"andconsequent distorting of the rules and premature displacement of bothrules and spacing material while on the press, which 2 may result in theentire form being pied.

A printed impressionfrom a rule form inaccurately set shows the lines tobe distorted and improperly spaced, particularly where longitudinal andtransverse lines should meet. 7

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a suitable baseadapted to receive and support, without compression, a series of rules,vertically disposed in operative po sition and in paralleled and spacedrelation.

Further objects are toeliminate handset spacing and materially reducethe time ordinarily required for work. of this character, and to provideimproved rules and devices into which they may be set to insure absoluteaccuracy and afford perfect abutment of longitudinal and transverselyset rules.

Further objects are to provide devices for setting rule forms which willprevent form 4 from binding, distorting and premature displacement ofrules, and eliminate possibility of the form being pied.

With these and other objects in view, which will become apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully describedand claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which likecharacters of reference indicate'like parts' 'tliroi'igliouti lss theseve'r'al figures', of wli'ich'z' Figure 1 is a perspective view fagb s'hEtVlng transverse. rules; set therein in accordafn'ce with the.inventipn;

Figure 2 is a perspective viewfof' a" rule for printing transverselines.

- Figure 3 is plan view of a complete form maple up for printing andcomposed of severa in transverse lines and standard type high bases withrules set therein for print- I rues, set' between bases for printinglongiv tudinal lines and ready tobe locked into chase in the usualmanner. v

Figure 4 is aperspective viewof a form made up for printing andillustrates the employment of several bases with rules for printingtransverse lines set therein and between basesm standard type-high rulesset for printing longitudinal lines.

In reducing this invention to practice a plurality of base members areemployed into which the rules are set for verse lines. any suitablematerial, Each base 5 'is transverse channe s or grooves 6 terminatingwith enlargements 7 and adapted to slidably. receive the rules 8 lines.I The rules 8 may be made from any suitbut preferably metal.

rovided with a series of v printingtrans- The bases may be made from vfor printing transverse able material but preferably brass, and in Jsuch lengths as may be necessary to con-,;

form to the varied widths of the bases. The lower edges are thickened orenlarged as indicated at 9 and designed fora sliding fit into thegrooves in verticaland operative position as shown .in Figure 1.

The height of the bases 5 and rules 8, and 1 the depth of the grooves v6are such that the printing surface of therules are type-high when set inthe base in operative position.

The width and length of the bases 5 and the spaced relationship of thegrooves 6 are varied to meet the requirements of the point and picasystem of measuring and the number of bases required for a complete setisreduced to the minimum by providing channels 6 in "both upper andlower portion of each base. I In making upa complete form, such numberand sizes of bases are employed as may be necessary for the desired sizeand stand-.

ard type-high rules 10 are set between bases 1 1 v for printinglongitudinal lines. With the parts arranged as stated the form is readyfor looking into chase in the usual manner for printing.

Although in the foregoing, certain elements may have been set forth asbest adapted to perform the functions allotted to them, nevertheless, itis to be understood that various minor changes as to form, substance,etc., may be resorted to Within the scope of the appended claims withoutdeparting from or sacrificing any of the principles of this invention.

I claim- 1. A reversible rule base having retaining means on oppositesides thereof adapted to maintain rules engaged with one side spacedapart a distance greater or less than that maintained between rulesengaged with the opposite sides.

2. A reversible compositors rule base having rule retaining openings onopposite sides

